A head-on collision in Commerce over the weekend claimed the life of a Northeast Georgia woman. 49-year-old Tonya Elaine Lester of Nicholson died July 30 in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 98 in Jackson County.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, Lester was driving a 2002 Suzuki Vitara west on SR 98 around 6:06 p.m. Friday when her vehicle ran off the road then crossed the centerline. The Suzuki struck the front of an eastbound Ford Explorer, causing the Explorer to overturn.
First responders extricated Lester from her vehicle. EMS transported her to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, where she was pronounced dead.
The driver of the Explorer, Jade Shonna Walmsley, 43, of Comer, and her two passengers — 7-year-old Sadie Walmsley of Comer and 67-year-old Nickole Nicholas Bloom of Colbert — suffered non-life-threatening injuries. EMS transported them to NGMC in Gainesville for treatment.
GSP says no charges are expected to be filed.
